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Man up to real manhood
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A shirtless model on a billboard. A bumbling loser in a sitcom. A callous businessman, or the suave guy who gets all the girls. If you ask the media, this is what manhood looks like in the 21st century: cool, powerful, and ruthless, or stupid, hapless, and helpless.
You might roll your eyes and say, Yeah, but the media stereotypes women, too. What’s the big deal? Well, the big deal is that stereotypes of any kind limit and undermine. And we’re seeing the effects of that: While women’s education rates continue to improve, each year in the United States we see a disproportionate decrease in the percentage of boys who graduate from high school and attend college. Also in the US, young boys are four times more likely to be prescribed “sit still!” medications such as Ritalin and Adderall. And worst of all, world suicide rates showcase a whopping 80 to 90 percent of all suicides are committed by men.
About the author
Gordon Myers is a Web developer in Madison, Wisconsin.

April 16, 2012 issue
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Letters
Leslie Dill Gondolf, Betty Keith, Charles S. Cohn
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Drop the stereotypes
Kim Shippey, Senior Staff Editor
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French youth drawn to evangelical churches
A.D. McKenzie and ENInews
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A Bible collector's discoveries
Donald L. Brake, Sr.
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Powerful, innocent, and free
Tom McElroy
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Free from the monster view of manhood
Heather Frederick Brown
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Man up to real manhood
Gordon Myers
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A sermon in a stone
Scott Moseley
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A bridge of angels
Nancy Robison
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Listening–and being an instrument of God
Jim Corbett
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God's law defeats cancer
Donald A. Wilson
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Perfectly placed
Malvin Janesch
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Love's language
Maureen M. Loster
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I absolutely had to do it
Margot Ruck
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Spiritual listening amid the political fray
Laura Clayton
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A record of eternal life
Karen Bailey
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'Clear as a trumpet' inspiration heals
Marian English
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'Cared for, watched over, beloved and protected'
Kristen Wenrick Strange
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Face and jaw healed after a fall
David Coughtry
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Unified in service to God
The Editors